Bob Kinney’s mother, Emmi, passed away

I just read that Emmi Kinney died. She’s the mother of our good friend and classmate, Bob Kinney. She died on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at Presence St. Anne Center on N. Alpine Road. She was born on April 7, 1917, in Ober-Lindewiese, Czechoslovakia, the daughter of Emil and Anna (Acker) Muecke.

              Emmi came to the United States in May 1927, to be reunited with her parents, who came to the U.S. 5 years earlier. She married William S. Kinney in Rockford on June 22, 1940. He passed away in 1994. Emmi retired from Nehi Bottling Company.

            During her earlier years, she worked at Newmode Hoisery. She was a lifetime member of the Loyal Order of the Moose, #619. Emmi volunteered at River Bluff Nursing Home and Presence St. Anne Center. She enjoyed entertaining, playing cards, and crocheting.

          Emmi is survived by her sons, John of Australia and Robert (Lynn) of Rockford; her grandchildren, Linda (Justin) Willman, Paul and Steven Kinney; and her 3 great-grandchildren, all from Australia; her sister-in-law, Barbara Kinney; several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by her parents and her husband.

          Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Monday, December 23. 2013, at Holy Family Catholic Church, 4401 Highcrest Road, with Reverend Edward J. Seisser officiating. This is at the corner of N. Alpine and Highcrest Road.

          Burial in Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Visitation from 10 until 10:45 a.m. on Monday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Northern Illinois Hospice Care and Grief Center, 4215 Newburg Rd., Rockford or Presence St. Anne Center, 4405 Highcrest Rd., Rockford.

         Burial will be in Calvary Catholic Cemetery at 8616 West State St. Road, between Rockford and Winnebago.

Here’s a link to the Rockford Register Star.

You can click here to sign her guestbook.

          My sincere condolences to Bob and his family on the death of his mother. I remember seeing him several times at St. Anne’s when he was visiting his mother.

          Arrangements by Fitzgerald Funeral Home and Crematory, Mulford Chapel, 1860 S. Mulford Rd. Share online condolences at www.fitzgeraldfh.com